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I've just tried to attach the charger again after 12 hours and it displayed several lines of text at the bottom of the screen for a moment, but then the text disappeared and it doesn't show any signs of life again. Tried reattaching the charger, pressing the button, but nothing.
EDIT: OMG! It works! Long pressing the button helped! And the whole display works!
EDIT: So after I've found that it's working, I've been testing several functions/sensors to assess the damage.
The thermometer app says it's -136°C and the barometer says it's 741 (something), so I suppose it's not working correctly.
The compass kinda works, although it's like 20° off compared to my phone which I believe is really accurate, and if I move the watch up or down then the measurement gets way off and doesn't come back to normal unless I restart the app, and the arrow is constantly jumping in a range of like 15°. I'm not sure whether it's the app or maybe it's normal for this sensor.
The GPS app says it's using 0 satellites and is waiting for GPS, even when I'm out in an open area, so I believe it's completely dead.
However, I can't be sure about anything I've found to be not working as I haven't tested those apps before I submerged my watch into the sea. I would love someone to do very short tests, just download the Thermometer, Barometer, Compass and GPS Info apps and post here what they're telling. That would be of a very very huge value to me.EDIT: After a day of usage I've also noticed that the battery is draining much faster. Does this indicate that something is shorting?
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I guess it's bad news. I rinsed the board and connectors with tap water and brushed them with a toothbrush, dried it with an electric heater, put it all together, attached the charger, waited for a couple of minutes, tried pressing the button several times, but no signs of life in this watch... Since the display and insulation around it are already ruined anyway, I think I'll just invest in a new bangle and take better care of my stuff in the future. This is a good lesson for me.
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Got it. So I'll just try to rinse the circuitry as you've adviced just out of curiosity. 🙂 Huge thanks for the responses!
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Hi,
The display now constantly looks like that. I don't think there's a chance that the display will work, or is there?
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So I've finally found time to disassemble the watch. I can see some corrosion (attached the pictures). Is it considered much? Should I still try to soak it in water and dry it? If I soak it, should I remove the battery somehow? How is the battery removed? Also, I think I overheated the display. Ignore the sticky spot on the display, it's just some glue from the "tool" that I've used to remove it, but the blueish spot concerns me.
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Thank you for an inspiring advice, will definitely try it!
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Hi. I totally forgot that I'm wearing a non-waterproof Bangle.js 2 and swam in a very salty sea. After a while I noticed that the watch display doesn't show anything. Maybe it turned off, maybe the display died, I don't know. After two weeks it still doesn't work - display show nothing, pressing the button or charging doesn't help. Is there any chance in trying to open it and find and clean/replace some faulty component or should I think about getting a new one?
The display is absolutely usable and it's the least of all the problems. The biggest problem for me is the battery drain. It took only three days for it to completely discharge in stand by mode. Currently I don't feel like going so hardcore like desoldering, etc. I'm more into IoT software nowadays, and Espruino - especially the Bangle - seems awesome for this case.